frac sand mining

ByEmily Highnam |March 21, 2019

Public health researchers disagree on the impact fine silica dust has on the long-term health of residents living near silica sand mining communities like the tiny Mississippi River town of Clayton, which is in the Iowa county by the same name, and in southwest Wisconsin.

A controversial frac sand mining company that recently opened a site in Wisconsin is facing opposition to plans that would greatly expand its mine in Clayton County, Iowa. Pattison Sand Co. has requested re-zoning of 746 acres of land from agricultural to heavy industrial to expand its underground mine.

ByIowaWatch |September 18, 2014

IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller talked on WMT radio host Bob Bruce’s Wednesday, Sept. 17, program about reporter Amber Rouse’s story about northeast Iowa residents’ fight to keep large frac sand mining out of their counties. You can listen to WMT’s podcast here. Any advertising in this podcast is WMT’s; IowaWatch derives no revenue from it. You can support our nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism with a tax deductible donation at this link.

ByAmber Rouse |August 31, 2014

A group of northeast Iowans effectively is keeping large frac sand mine companies from mining silica-rich sand in their county by building a consortium that set aside politics and focused on dealing with the matter locally, instead of with state intervention.

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